I live in Pennsylvania and I recently brought some saltwater fish back home that I caught in the Florida Keys and that's a 23 hour drive. I did have an airstone going in their bag. If you are worried about it, I would just get an air pump and air stone

I live in Pennsylvania and I recently brought some saltwater fish back home that I caught in the Florida Keys and that's a 23 hour drive. I did have an airstone going in their bag. If you are worried about it, I would just get an air pump and air stone

Thanks for the advice. Everything was legal. As long as there are no protected species, they were not collected in protected areas, and you have a Florida fish collecting license, it is completely legal.

Thanks for the advice. Everything was legal. As long as there are no protected species, they were not collected in protected areas, and you have a Florida fish collecting license, it is completely legal.

This thread reminds me of something I just experienced. I went to PetCo, and brought home a BN, and a Honey Gourami. I ran through a grocery store, and was in there 10 minutes. Then I acclimated the fish for nearly an hour, about 50 minutes to be exact.

The next morning, the HG had died, but I didn't know why. Later, I went to get another, and return the dead one. The employee asked me if I acclimated, and how long? I said, 50 minutes.

What I got in return was this. "Woah! That's twice the time you should be acclimating them for, you suffocated your fish. If you want to return him, I have to test your water." My water was tested by me, using the API Master Liquid Kit, and they denied everything I mentioned. They use Tetra QuickStrips for water tests. I still have a dead HG in my freezer, because they wouldn't let me return it.

Lastly, I think the culprit was the employee putting the pleco, and the HG in the same bag, from different tanks. Here, my second HG is just fine, and going strong.